Note: Please remember to only consider the range of the species within the country of assessment.
The range of a species may be classified as wide-ranging or restricted and/or rare. Each range type can impact on the effective size of species’ populations and therefore it is important to understand how species are distributed.
While wide-ranging species are often assumed to be common (and in many instances they are), some species are distributed widely, but occur in scattered, small populations (e.g., Aloe framesii, Aloe kniphofioides in South Africa), and are thus “rare”. To disentangle this information, the extent and rarity of species distributions are asked separately.